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==Characterizations== Flaherty impersonated a number of celebrities, including [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gregory Peck]], [[Alan Alda]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Gavin McLeod]], [[William F. Buckley Jr.]] and [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Robert |date=April 2, 2024 |title=Joe Flaherty will always remain dear to comedy fans, thanks to 'SCTV' and 'Freaks and Geeks' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-04-02/joe-flaherty-sctv-freaks-and-geeks |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=David |date=April 2, 2024 |title=Joe Flaherty, 'SCTV' and 'Happy Gilmore' actor, dead at 82 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/02/joe-flaherty-death-happy-gilmore-sctv-freaks-and-geeks/ |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=[[New York Daily News]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Flaherty appeared in a cameo in the deleted scenes from ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy|Anchorman]]'' as the manager of a Texas television station and the boss of Veronica Corningstone ([[Christina Applegate]]), one of the members of the station's news team.<ref name="Encyclopedia.com"/><ref name="Jacobson">{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Colin |date=April 6, 2007 |title=Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgandy β Unrated, Uncut and Uncalled For! (2004) |url=http://www.dvdmg.com/anchorman.shtml |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=DVD Movie Guide}}</ref><ref name="Evans">{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Bradford |date=July 21, 2011 |title=The Lost Roles of Anchorman |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/07/the-lost-roles-of-anchorman.html |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]] |language=en}}</ref> He also appeared as an immigration [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] officer in the "[[Canadian Road Trip]]" episode of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' alongside fellow SCTV member [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 8, 2001 |title=Other highlights |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-herald-other-highlights/144812897/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |work=[[Northwest Herald]] |location=Woodstock, Illinois |page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=That '70s Show Season 3 Episodes |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/that-70s-show/episodes-season-3/1000207619/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=[[TV Guide]] |language=en}}</ref> In the third episode of ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'', "Tricks and Treats", he is dressed up as a vampire, a reference to his character [[Count Floyd]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2023 |title=If you prefer a laugh over a scare, these 8 Halloween TV episodes will get you howling |url=https://www.aol.com/news/prefer-laugh-over-scare-8-233413520.html |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=[[AOL]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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